Movie monologues, one line at a time
1,969 real monologues from 153 films. Play a line, pause, say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- B16 lines
When you stand before the enemy and have to end his life,
the officer's selection speechJojo Rabbit · 2019Questions and standards make mass killing sound like a hiring requirement. - B17 lines
Move! Let's go! Open the fucking gates!
The guard's barrageAmerican History X · 1998Command piles on command with no breath, turning the cell block into pure pressure. - B11 lines
Please?
Luca begs into the teamLuca · 2021Please, then freedom. Short lines, the whole escape bet. - B16 lines
Then the guide couldn't recall which cave she'd gone into.
Aziz's broken accountA Passage to India · 1984The scrambled order and repeats show his panic better than any line could. - B110 lines
Always use a turn signal.
Instruction-book citizenThe Lego Movie · 2014Turn signals, dry-cleaning, fake smiles, returned compliments: obedience sung as a daily list. - B113 lines
GATSBY'. I always knew that I could climb.
The pause before the kissThe Great Gatsby · 2013The climber stops at her mouth, waits one extra beat, then jumps. - B14 lines
In fact, it was decreed by its creator that this place shall never age.
the founder's dying wishThe Way Way Back · 2013He invents an absurd dying wish with a straight face, and the seriousness is the joke. - B14 lines
Olivia Baker.
Michael's roster pitchArthur the King · 2024He reads his team like a résumé, laying his ambition on the table in four lines. - B14 lines
Of course. Who wouldn't? He's such an old darling.
Angela on the GeneralThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943Four quick turns of praise build a bright, affectionate portrait of her employer. - B111 lines
He was one of these kind that didn't like getting involved.
the look that matteredThe Thin Blue Line · 1988She moves from her husband's fear to her own stubborn look, ending on the glance that decides everything. - B16 lines
We really were intrigued with the idea
The one-sentence pitchFriends: The Reunion · 2021They walk from ensemble structure to a life stage and land on friends as family. - B15 lines
I was actually looking at the storyboard here.
the director on shot 37American Movie · 1999It drifts from a casual glance into an old obsession, half explanation and half self-encouragement. - B113 lines
I took disco lessons in the sixth grade
The confession listThe Proposal · 2009Disco lessons, then funerals, then a broken engagement: she stacks facts until they stop being small talk. - B16 lines
Wouldn't it be incredible if, after you passed on...
the pitch for a memoirCan You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018It sells immortality through one sly image, letters still sold after you are gone. - B16 lines
Oh, hold on a second.
Beavis's big confessionBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022The sudden switch from jokes to real feeling is what makes the speech land. - B18 lines
Listen, you know, those teachers and that doctor, to them it's all about bad parenting which, of course, comes down to me because I'm the only one here.
The mother's phone monologueFront of the Class · 2008She speaks for everyone else first, then slowly exposes how alone and worn down she is. - B18 lines
Do you know that there's actually people out there who avoid me now?
Bob sells himselfAuto Focus · 2002He stacks short proofs until the pitch sounds like a joke résumé. - B16 lines
If someone loved you very much...
Annina's pleaCasablanca · 1943By hiding her own story inside a hypothetical, she makes the plea without confessing it. - B15 lines
I tell you what. I think that having an audience...
On having an audienceThe End of the Tour · 2015He strips the thrill of an audience down to a plain mammal level and dares to say it. - B14 lines
Do you have pupils?
Mozart's defenceAmadeus · 1984Four lines go from denial to conviction, showing an artist's stubborn pride. - B112 lines
No, don't worry. I kept your name out of it, so there'll be no trouble...
Baxter's cover-up on the phoneThe Apartment · 1960He smooths over every problem for his boss, and the ease of the lie shows his position. - B14 lines
You young people, you are so old-fashioned.
The rocket argumentSabrina · 1954He mocks the young as old-fashioned, cites rockets, then insults her face without blinking. - B17 lines
So basically, what I'm asking you to do is, I'm asking you to come there and make me look good.
the deal he offersBuffalo '66 · 1998It slides from looking good to a death threat and back to best friends. - B18 lines
To whom it may concern..
Matuschek reads the letterThe Shop Around the Corner · 1940The stock phrases pile up until praise itself sounds like an eviction notice.